Nearly three years after an overflow crowd witnessed West Chester United host the Harrisburg City Islanders in a second round match in the U.S. Open Cup the local amateur club is one win away from a return to one of the oldest soccer competitions in the world.
The local amateur team, which had won a national championship the summer before, ended up on the wrong side of a 2-0 score that May night after advancing past Fredericksburg FC on the road on penalties in the first round. But it’s a night none of the players or the people involved with the club have forgotten.